Cleaning- HELP!

After cleaning a stain from my macbook there is the mark of where I have tried to rub it off ,which isn't coming of. How do I clean this?

Hi emz815,
If the mark is more of surface wear off, then you out of luck since the wear off surface cannot be cleaned anymore.
But if it only a hard to erase smudge you might have luck using apple recommended cleaning solvent.
Good Luck.

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